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What is the exposome? Success in mapping the human genome has fostered the complementary concept of the “exposome”. The exposome can be defined as the measure of all the exposures of an individual in a lifetime and how those exposures relate to disease. An individual’s exposure begins before birth and includes insults from environmental
Read moreThe National Transportation Safety Board on Aug. 10 sent a letter (.pdf file) to the Federal Aviation Administration recommending that babies younger than 2 be required to have their own seats on airplanes. The recommendation letter was sent in light of preliminary findings from an ongoing investigation into a March 2009 plane crash in Butte,
Read moreOSHA has proposed a rule that would revise the circumstances in which the agency may conduct inspections of sites participating in its On-Site Consultation Program Safety and Health Achievement and Recognition Program ( SHARP). The proposed rule, published in the Sept. 3 Federal Register, affects employers in OSHA’s Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program, which
Read more“The Federal Railroad Safety Act expressly forbids railroad companies from disciplining employees for reporting injuries and illnesses, and for following a physician’s treatment plan,” said OSHA Acting Regional Administrator Dean Ikeda in Seattle. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Union Pacific Railroad Co. in Eugene, Ore., to pay back
Read moreMore than eight of ten workers — 85 percent — rate workplace safety first in importance among labor standards, even ahead of family and maternity leave, minimum wage, paid sick days, overtime pay and the right to join a union, according to a new study from the National Opinion Research Center at the University of
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